2026 Falk Nimmerjahn: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	83	1421	1297	95	87	274	31581

Overview

Falk Nimmerjahn is affiliated with the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany. Their research predominantly spans the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with a focus on Immunology as a primary subfield. Other significant areas of study include Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Molecular Biology, Oncology, and Hematology.

Their work covers a range of topics, notably in Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research, T-cell and B-cell Immunology, and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research. Additional key topics include Immune Cell Function and Interaction, Immunotherapy and Immune Responses, Cell Adhesion Molecules Research, and Platelet Disorders and Treatments.

Frequent publication venues for their research include Frontiers in Immunology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Blood, Immunity, and Cell Reports. The scientist has authored numerous papers, some of the recent ones being:

Tissue-specific macrophages: how they develop and choreograph tissue biology, 2023, Nature reviews. Immunology
Ethanol consumption inhibits TFH cell responses and the development of autoimmune arthritis, 2020, Nature Communications
Stunning of neutrophils accounts for the anti-inflammatory effects of clodronate liposomes, 2023, The Journal of Experimental Medicine
There Is (Scientific) Strength in Numbers: A Comprehensive Quantitation of Fc Gamma Receptor Numbers on Human and Murine Peripheral Blood Leukocytes, 2020, Frontiers in Immunology
Tumor-derived GDF-15 blocks LFA-1 dependent T cell recruitment and suppresses responses to anti-PD-1 treatment, 2023, Nature Communications

Collaborations have been a significant aspect of their research approach. Frequent co-authors include Anja Lux, Diana Dudziak, Carmen Reitinger, Matthias Peipp, and Anja Werner, reflecting established scientific partnerships.

Best Publications

Fcγ receptors as regulators of immune responses

Falk Nimmerjahn;Jeffrey V. Ravetch

3482
Citations
Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Immunoglobulin G Resulting from Fc Sialylation

Yoshikatsu Kaneko;Falk Nimmerjahn;Jeffrey V. Ravetch

2101
Citations
Fcγ Receptors: Old Friends and New Family Members

Falk Nimmerjahn;Jeffrey V. Ravetch

1391
Citations
Divergent Immunoglobulin G Subclass Activity Through Selective Fc Receptor Binding

Falk Nimmerjahn;Jeffrey V. Ravetch

1310
Citations
Recapitulation of IVIG Anti-Inflammatory Activity with a Recombinant IgG Fc

Robert M. Anthony;Falk Nimmerjahn;Falk Nimmerjahn;David J. Ashline;Vernon N. Reinhold

985
Citations
FcγRIV : A novel FcR with distinct IgG subclass specificity

Falk Nimmerjahn;Pierre Bruhns;Ken Horiuchi;Jeffrey V. Ravetch

888
Citations
Intravenous immunoglobulin therapy: how does IgG modulate the immune system?

Inessa Schwab;Falk Nimmerjahn

884
Citations
Induction of osteoclastogenesis and bone loss by human autoantibodies against citrullinated vimentin

Ulrike Harre;Dan Georgess;Holger Bang;Aline Bozec

860
Citations
Anti-Inflammatory Actions of Intravenous Immunoglobulin

Falk Nimmerjahn;Jeffrey V Ravetch

632
Citations
Cutting edge: Mincle is essential for recognition and adjuvanticity of the mycobacterial cord factor and its synthetic analog trehalose-dibehenate.

Hanne Schoenen;Barbara Bodendorfer;Kelly Hitchens;Silvia Manzanero

553
Citations
Tissue-specific macrophages: how they develop and choreograph tissue biology

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540
Citations
Anti-inflammatory activity of IgG1 mediated by Fc galactosylation and association of FcγRIIB and dectin-1

Christian M. Karsten;Manoj K. Pandey;Julia Figge;Regina Kilchenstein

532
Citations
Fc-receptors as regulators of immunity.

Falk Nimmerjahn;Jeffrey V Ravetch

528
Citations
Mechanisms of Autoantibody-Induced Pathology.

Ralf J. Ludwig;Karen Vanhoorelbeke;Frank Leypoldt;Ziya Kaya

488
Citations
Major histocompatibility complex class II-restricted presentation of a cytosolic antigen by autophagy.

Falk Nimmerjahn;Slavoljub Milosevic;Uta Behrends;Elizabeth M. Jaffee

379
Citations
Adjuvanticity of a synthetic cord factor analogue for subunit Mycobacterium tuberculosis vaccination requires FcRγ–Syk–Card9–dependent innate immune activation

Kerstin Werninghaus;Anna Babiak;Olaf Groß;Christoph Hölscher

375
Citations
The antiinflammatory activity of IgG: the intravenous IgG paradox.

Falk Nimmerjahn;Jeffrey V. Ravetch

352
Citations
Regulation of autoantibody activity by the IL-23-T H 17 axis determines the onset of autoimmune disease.

René Pfeifle;Tobias Rothe;Natacha Ipseiz;Hans U Scherer

341
Citations
Antibody-mediated modulation of immune responses.

Falk Nimmerjahn;Jeffrey V. Ravetch

322
Citations
Agalactosylated IgG antibodies depend on cellular Fc receptors for in vivo activity

Falk Nimmerjahn;Robert M. Anthony;Jeffrey V. Ravetch

319
Citations
Antibodies, Fc receptors and cancer

Falk Nimmerjahn;Jeffrey V Ravetch

315
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey V. Ravetch Rockefeller University

Georg Schett University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

Martin Herrmann University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

Gerhard Krönke Charité - University Medicine Berlin

Jörg Köhl University of Lübeck

Ralf Ludwig University of Rostock

Jeanette H. W. Leusen Utrecht University

Shozo Izui University of Geneva

Detlef Zillikens University of Lübeck

Anne Krug Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

External Links

Personal website of Falk Nimmerjahn

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